In-N-Out Burger is not only an iconic Southern California restaurant chain, it has a catchy jingle.
So much so that Perris City Council members were singing “In-N-Out, that’s what a hamburger’s all about,” early in their Tuesday, June 12, meeting while wearing the restaurant’s well-recognized paper chef hats.
The performance came before the city recognized the winners of its social media campaign meant to lure the chain to Perris.
In-N-Out has no current plans to come to the Riverside County city of 76,000 residents along the 215 Freeway, though officials are hoping that the more than 30,000 responses to the campaign will bring Double Doubles, fries and shakes to their town.
This photo of 5-year-old Albert Salazar was judged the winner in an online contest organized by the city of Perris to lure In-N-Out Burger to town.
(Photo courtesy of Mari Salazar)
This photo from Christian Niebla was voted second in an online contest organized by the city of Perris to lure In-N-Out Burger to town.
(Photo courtesy of Christina Niebla)
Sound The gallery will resume in seconds Jacqueline Camberos was voted third in an online contest organized by the city of Perris to lure In-N-Out Burger to town.
(Photo courtesy of Christina Niebla)
Perris Mayor Michael Vargas takes a selfie with Steven Miranda, whose video was judged the best in the city’s campaign to lure In-N-Out Burger to town. (Photo by Craig Shultz, staff)
As his colleagues photo bomb, Perris Mayor Michael Vargas takes a selfie with Albert Salazar, 5, whose photo was the winner in the city’s campaign to lure In-N-Out Burger to town. (Photo by Craig Shultz, staff)
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No post drew more attention than a picture of 5-year-old Albert Salazar that was posted by his mother, Mari Salazar.
The bespectacled boy donned the white In-N-Out uniform he wore for Halloween.
“Most kids want to be the president of the United States; he wants to be the next In-N-Out president,” his mother said.
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Steven Miranda won the video portion of the competition. He’s seen driving to a Nuevo Road site he’s backing for the restaurant before the video shows him eating in a Menifee In-N-Out — the closest one to Perris.
“I usually shoot videos for Instagram stories so I thought I’d put my talents to good use,” Miranda said.

Miranda and Mari Salazar stumped for an In-N-Out to come for Perris on Tuesday.
“It would be amazing,” Salazar said. “We’d love it. We wouldn’t have to drive far away.”
Miranda, a 29-year-old lifetime Perris resident, hopes the campaign will pay off.
“Perris would be perfect for In-N-Out,” he said.
Grace Williams, the city’s director of planning and economic development who came up with the idea for the campaign after residents expressed a desire to have the burger chain in town, said the contest may be over, but the recruitment is not.
“We will continue the campaign until In-N-Out comes to Perris,” she said.
Williams said she was overwhelmed by the campaign.
“I thought if we hit 10,000 (engagements) in the next six months it would be great, we hit that in a number of days,” she said.
Second place in the photo contest went to Christina Niebla for her photo of a youth baseball team with a burger and animal-style fries. Jacqueline Camberos earned third place for her photo of a baby wearing an In-N-Out hat and surrounded by food.
Second place in the video contest went to Alberto Garcia, whose video depicted a child not wanting to go to his grandmother’s house in Perris until he heard they were building an In-N-Out there.
The winners got gift certificates for indoor skydiving and a cash gift card.